Former Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh retired from the Rajya Sabha.
His 33 years long parliamentary innings in the Upper House came to an end.
The beginning of this development was started by the Rajya Sabha’s admission of former Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.
To take Dr. Singh’s place in the Upper House of Parliament, Sonia Gandhi will enter from Rajasthan.
Manmohan Singh joined the Rajya Sabha for the first time in October 1991.
Manmohan Singh is known for bringing about the landmark economic reforms of 1991 of liberalization, privatization, and globalization along with former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna PV Narasimha Rao.
In the Narasimha Rao government, Singh was the finance minister from 1991 to 96 and the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 14.
Under the two terms as PM, Manmohan Singh is credited with introducing social welfare initiatives such as guaranteed job schemes—the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MNREGA) and the Right to Education for Every Child.
During Manmohan Singh’s term as PM, reforms, including Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and the national identification number, Aadhaar, were also introduced.
